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Leim Patent No. 63,639, (ma [1pm u, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT 1N CEURNS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERLT:` A

Beit known that I, GEORGE W. HURS'L, of Chestertown, Kont county, Stateof Maryland, have invented new and useful improvements in Churnsf; and Ido hereby declare the following to be an enact descriptionthereof,`referencc being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, making a part ofthisfspecitication, in which- Figure 1 represents an elevation of theupright square box and levers.

Figure 2 the bottom of the beater, with incline oval aperturesaround-the sides, and two round apertures in the centre.

Figure 3 the shaft with the beaters, and the two tubes through itscentre with valves at top.

A representsthe lcverto operate the churn; D the upright stay attachedto the outside of box C to form the fuicrum for the lever. `At the oneend of lever the upright shaft D is pivoted. This shaft is square andtubular, with two long pipes E throughout its length, each tube having avalve, G, at top. Onc of them when open admits fresh air, the othercarries ott the gases arising` from the cream; and according to thestate of the atmosphere the valves can be kept closed when required, asit is-well known that the churning of butter is expedited according todry or moist weather. H' are cross-beaters for keepingall the cream inthe churn in motion. At the bottom of the shaft is a horizontal squarebeater, J, having on each side three apertures, K, bored throughdiagonally, and inclining .towards the corners of the shaft D and thelower part or sides of the crossfarms or beaters H, so that the cream isforced, by every downward action of the shaft D, upward against thecross-beaters H, which keeps the crea-m in` continual motion, breaks it,and collects the butter rapidly in the bottoni of the box. L is across-piece over the mouths of the tubes E, to prevent tho-small lumpsof cream from passing up the tubes that might choke the tubes; it alsodivides thepressure of the atmosphere and gases. What I claim, anddesire to secure by ,Letters Patent, isp The upright square shaft D,with its square dasher J, with oblique apertures K, with extended armsH, and atmospheric tubes E,Iand valves G, when arranged, constructed,and combined as herein described and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE W. HURST. Witnesses:

J. FRANKLIN Retornar, JOHN S. vHOLLINGSHEAD.

